On Wednesday, a judge sentenced former Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. to two-and-a-half years in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.

The judge sentenced Jackson’s wife to a year for filing false joint federal income taxes. Sandra Jackson also must serve 200 hours of community service and pay restitution of $22,000 – the amount of money she took from her alderman’s campaign account.

Jackson was given much less prison time than federal guidelines recommended. After prison, Jackson is to spend three years on supervised release and complete 500 hours of community service. He agreed to repay the $750,000 when he pleaded guilty earlier this year.

Jackson had been a Democratic congressman from Illinois from 1995 until last November.